# IoT (Internet of Things) Connect and manage billions of devices with AWS IoT, per Tenant. Collect, store, and analyze IoT data for industrial, consumer, commercial, and automotive workloads within DuploCloud. {% hint style="info" %} Use [Just-In-Time access](https://docs.duplocloud.com/docs/automation-platform/overview/use-cases/jit-access) to provision devices in your IoT. {% endhint %} ## Enabling IoT for a Tenant 1. In the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to **Administrator** -> **Tenants**. 2. Select your Tenant in the **Name** column. 3. Click the **Settings** tab. 4. Click **Add**. The **Add Tenant Feature** pane displays.

**Add Tenant Feature** pane with **Enable AWS IoT** feature selected

5. From the **Select Feature** list box, select **Enable AWS IoT** and **Enable**. 6. Click **Add**. It takes approximately five minutes to enable IoT. 7. Navigate to **Cloud Services** -> **IoT**. The IoT **Things** page displays.

## Creating IoT Things 1. In the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to **Cloud Services** -> **IoT**. 2. Click the **Things** tab. 3. Click **Add**. The **Create an IoT Thing** pane displays.

**Create an IoT Thing** pane with **AttributesACtions**

4. In the editable portion of the **Name** field, enter a Thing name. 5. From the **IoT Certificate** list box, select an IoT Certificate. 6. From the **IoT Thing Type** list box, select the Thing type that you want to create. 7. In the **Attributes** field, add Thing Attributes in quotes, separated by a comma (**,**). 8. Click **Create**. Your IoT Thing is created and displayed. Select the Thing to view **Details** and **IoT Principals** (certificate information) for the Thing. Use the **Action** menu to **Edit** or **Delete** the Thing, **Attach IoT Certificate**, and **Download Device Package**.

**Details** and **IoT Principals** tabs on IoT **Things** page

## Attach a certificate to a Thing 1. In the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to **Cloud Services** -> **IoT**. 2. Click the **Things** tab. 3. [Add a certificate](#adding-a-certificate) if needed. 4. Select the Thing to which you want to attach a certificate from the **Name** column. 5. Click the Actions menu and select **Attach IoT Certificate**. The **Attach an IoT Certificate** pane displays. 6. From the **IoT Certificate** list box, select an IoT certificate to attach to the Thing. 7. Click **Attach**. ## Download the Device Package for a Thing 1. In the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to **Cloud Services -> IoT**. 2. Click the **Things** tab. 3. Select the Thing to which you want to attach a certificate from the **Name** column. 4. Click the **Actions** menu and select **Download Device Package**. The **Download IoT Device Package** window displays.

5. From the **IoT Certificate** list box, select the IoT certificate associated with the Thing's Device Package. 6. Click **Download**. ## Certificate management Add, update, or manage an IoT certificate with the following procedures. ### Adding a certificate 1. In the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to **Cloud Services** -> **IoT**. 2. Click the **Certificates** tab. 3. Click **Add**. The **Create an IoT Certificate** pane displays.

4. Select **Activate the Certificate** and click **Create**. The certificate displays. ### Updating a certificate 1. In the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to **Cloud Services** -> **IoT**. 2. Click the **Certificates** tab. The available certificates are displayed and listed by **ID**. 3. In the row for the certificate you want to update, click the **Actions** menu (

) and select **Edit**. The **Update an IoT Certificate** pane displays.

4. From the **Status** list box, select the new status of the certificate. 5. Click **Update**. ### Manage a certificate using AWS Console 1. In the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to **Cloud Services** -> **IoT**. 2. Click the **Certificates** tab. Available certificates are displayed and listed by **ID**. 3. In the row for the certificate you want to update, click the menu (

) icon in the **Actions** column. 4. Select **Console**. The AWS Console launches so that you can manage your certificate using AWS.

## Using IoT Topic Rules Topic Rules are SQL-based rules that select data from message payloads and send data to other services, such as Amazon S3, Amazon DynamoDB, and AWS Lambda. Define a Rule to invoke a Lambda function when invoking an AWS or third-party service. To learn more about IoT Topic Rules and how you define and manage them, see the [AWS documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/developerguide/iot-rules.html). ### Adding IoT Topic Rules 1. In the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to **Cloud Services -> IoT**. 2. Click the **Topic Rules** tab. 3. Click **Add**. The **Add** Topic Rules page displays.

4. In the **Name** field, enter a Topic Rule name. 5. Add a meaningful description of what the rule does in the **Description** field. 6. Define the rule by completing the fields in the **AWS IoT SQL** and **AWS IoT SQL Version** areas. Select **Define an Error Action** if the rule pertains to error management. 7. Click **Create**. Your rule is defined and displayed in the **Topic Rules** tab.

An IoT Topic Rule in the **Topic Rules** tab

### Viewing a Topic Rule View the details of a rule by selecting the rule from the **Topic Rules** tab Name column. The **Details** tab displays the rule description. The **Actions** tab displays the SQL-based rule(s).

### Editing a Topic Rule In the **Topic Rules** tab, edit a Topic Rule by clicking the **Actions** menu (

) in the row listing your Topic Rule **Name**, and selecting **Edit**.